Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle Marie Pfeifferis an American actress and occasional singer. She began her acting career in 1978 and had her first starring film role in Grease 2, before receiving mainstream attention for her breakout performance in Scarface. Her greatest commercial successes include Batman Returns, Dangerous Minds, What Lies Beneathand Hairspray...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth29 April 1958
CitySanta Ana, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I never wanted to have to take a job because I didn't have any money.
I've been working since I was 14, and my father, being very conservative, has always been strict about my having a savings account.
I'd been taking singing lessons and I had taken dance, because I loved to dance, but I had never considered myself a professional at all.
I've worked with very few actors who have been at all difficult.
Maybe I haven't done enough movies, but haven't found that men are more difficult than women.
Women are brought up to think it's acceptable to pay attention to their faces. Men translate their discomfort into their behavior.
When I first started out, I said to myself, if this doesn't happen there will be something else that I can do. That seemed possible because I knew how to do so many different kinds of jobs.
You know what I'd like to do? I'd like to play a bag lady.
I think all actors have a sadomasochistic streak, because acting is kind of brutal, you know.
My father was very strict, but mostly I just didn't know how to behave on a date.
I still look like a duck.
Actually, I think that turning 29 was more difficult, because once I turned 29, I anticipated 30 for the whole year, so by the time 30 came around it really wasn't that bad.
You can't have a favourite meal, like you can't have a favourite movie or a favourite book or a favourite child.
You've got each other's back. I think if everyone shows up with that attitude, then everybody has a great time, and I think the work is better as well.